Effect of quadriceps femoris muscle length on neural activation during isometric and concentric contractions

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 983-990

  Babault, Nicolas ^a   Pousson, Michel ^a   Michaut, Anne ^a,b   Van Hoecke, Jacques ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DE BIOMÉCANIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

Angular position; Contraction duration; Electromyogram activity; Twitch interpolation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTION; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE TWITCH; NERVE CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; VELOCITY;

EID: 0037369399     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00717.2002     Document Type: Article

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